The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 26, 2081
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1958
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.56° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.52° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.